Manchester United defender and Serbian Captain Nemanja Vidic has dismissed rumours that he intends on leaving the club. He has been repeatedly linked to big money moves abroad to Barcelona, Real Madrid and AC Milan.

He claims there was never any question whether he would leave Manchester United despite heavy interest from Jose Mourinho to lure him to Real Madrid. Before the world cup a representative had said Vidic had “requested some time from United to think about things”, while Sir Alex Ferguson said he could not clarify the situation.

However, shortly after, the club’s chief executive David Gill revealed that there was a verbal agreement with Vidic for a long-term contract to remain at Old Trafford. The international says he always wanted to stay at the club, “I don’t know why people think it was a difficult decision,” he said. “I always said I am happy here. I never spoke about my future. I know there was all this speculation but I never said I wanted to go. There was nothing new. I am very happy to be here.”

His new 90,000-a-week contract will make him one of the highest earning players on the squad and the extension will take his deal up to a massive 18.72m.

Man United’s players who took part in the world cup have been excused from the current USA tour so Vidic will make the deal official when he returns from his holiday. With the possibility of veterans such as Ryan Giggs and Edwin Van Der Sar going into retirement, Vidic could become one of the more senior figures in the locker room.

The club will also be in discussions with striker Wayne Rooney in attempts to extend his contract which currently has two years left to run. Vidic’s decision to stay is a huge plus for the team considering Rio Ferdinand’s fitness problems and the general uncertainty of their defence.

The sponsors are happy that Vidic will continue wearing the Manchester United Football Shirt and his Nike Mercurial boots as he is one of the league’s top players.

With the spectacle of the World Cup gone by many of us are left with a somewhat bitter taste and a jaded feeling of disbelief at our countries inability to deliver what was so concretely promised. What bitters the taste even further is that each of the players and our manager seem to come back home with a dismissive ignorance borne out of oversized paycheques and a secure prominence in their home squad.

Even worse than our early exit was the announcement that Fabio Capello would continue his contract for the remaining two years, it emerged that weeks before the tournament was due to commence Capello demanded his contract be re-written to secure his multi-million pound job for several more years rather than a review following the tournament. Now he can relax, safe with the knowledge that he will not realistically have to deliver anything again before the next tournament and even then expectations won’t be high. In order to expel him from his contract the FA would have to pay out a figure in the region of 12 million pounds as well as the rest of his salary payments for the remainder of his contract.

This raises the question yet again of the ridiculous salaries of today’s footballers and the management staff. They might well be worth the money when they are scoring goals and lifting trophies but otherwise they are undeniably overpaid. Many have argued that the introduction of performance based contracts would act as the best possible incentive to any player or manager as their ‘hard earned’ cash would indeed need to be ‘hard earned’.

Nowadays, most players and managers could easily manage without a paycheque for some time before their fridges became bare and many would never go hungry thanks to lucrative sponsorship deals and endorsements, so why not give them a ‘no win no fee’ contract. Although the possibility of no paycheque is not realistic the clubs could offer a standard rate of pay for each team member with attractive bonuses for good performance, this would make sure every player on the pitch gave it their all and those on the bench would train even harder to get the chance to have a shot. A contract could even state that if a player or manager was simply not performing they could face the sack or get sold to another club.

Sadly a culture of splashing cash has created a generation of football players who are more eager to follow the gold rather than lift it. Contracts and salaries based on performance would have to be introduced across a whole league rather than one team and even that could see many players flocking for warmer shores and deeper pockets.

Many players make more in sponsorship by wearing some Puma football boots than donning their Chelsea Football Shirt.

Home games Manchester United tickets allows one the chance to see one of the most popular and dynamic football clubs in Europe play live, but also enables to ticket buyer to experience the unique atmosphere that permeates Old Trafford, also named the Field of Dreams, and to witness the excitement that is the Red Army.

Manchester United tickets have been sold for home games at Old Trafford since 1910, apart from the 8 years it took to rebuild after it was bombed in WWII.

The name Field of Dreams was bestowed upon the stadium by Bobby Charlton, one of the Club’s best known players.  

Sir Robert “Bobby” Charlton was famous for his attacking instincts from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot, and won the FIFA World Cup” World Cup and was named the  “Ballon d’Or” European Footballer of the Year in 1966.

Able to seat over 76,000 Manchester United ticket buying supporters, Old Trafford is the second-largest football stadiums in England and it is one of the two stadia in England to have been given a  “UEFA elite stadium” five-star rating by UEFA.

As a neutral venue, Old Trafford has hosted many FA Cup semi-final matches and a number of  “English national football team” England international fixtures.

During the  “1966 FIFA World Cup”   and  “UEFA Euro 1996″  and the  “2003 UEFA Champions League Final”  matches were also played at Old Trafford.

Stands, officially known as the North, East, South and West Stand surround the pitch at Old Trafford.

Three out of the four stands have at least two tiers, except the South stand which has just a single tier.

The lower tier of each stand is split into Lower and Upper sections, the Lower sections having been converted from standing room only terraces in the early 1990s.

The best-known stand at Old Trafford is the West Stand, more famously, or infamously known as the Stretford End.

Originally designed to hold 20,000 fans, the Stretford End was the last remaining where fans watched the game on their feet at the ground before the forced upgrade to seating in the early 1990s.

Stretford End is home to Manchester United’s most die-hard supporters, known as The Red Army.

Most of the noise and atmosphere at Old Trafford emanates from Stretford End, and once the roar from the Red Army there was measured as louder than that of a jumbo jet lifting off.

There is practically no chance for anyone new to get a set in the Stretford End as the fans that fill this stand resubscribe to their Manchester United season tickets every year.

Manchester United’s fan’s, better known as the Red Army was once the biggest and most notorious group of followers British football has ever seen.

When the army of Manchester United fans followed their team to an away game, the town would get turned upside down:  Huge numbers of the Red Army would travel en-mass by train, coach, car or even by foot if necessary to get to the game.   

In  “1974–75 in English football” the mid-seventies when Manchester United had been sent down from the top flight of English football and played a single season in the  “Football League Second Division” Second Division, the Red Army caused so much trouble  at football grounds around the country visiting other team’s stadiums and often outnumbering  home fans, it led to the introduction of home and away fan segregation and fencing at football grounds throughout England.

These days, the Red Army is nothing like it was in the 1970’s & 80’s.

This Manchester United supporters club, now has a fan base of over 300 million fans across the world.

The vast numbers of Manchester United fans, all of whom would like to visit the Field of Dreams, both to see the game and to experience the atmosphere there, result in it almost always being difficult to buy Manchester United Tickets.

Manchester United tickets are some of the most prized football tickets for Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League matches.

The team gives priority to its One United fan club members for home games by letting them apply for tickets in a lottery. Lottery entries usually have to arrive 4-6 weeks before game-day and winning tickets will be mailed out (fans in other countries might have to pick up their tickets from the box office on game day). The application period for some games (e.g. Champions League matches), might be much closer to game day. For accurate information about upcoming games, the easiest way is to subscribe to the One United newsletter. Because home games do not usually go on sale to t the general public, so becoming a member of One United and entering the lottery are your best bet to get tickets for a particular game.

Season ticket holders get priority for Manchester United away games. Manchester United usually gets an allocation of only several thousand tickets, and the demand for them is much higher than the number available so One United members and the general public typically don’t have an ability to buy these tickets. Alternatively tickets can be bought directly from the host team, but that would put your seat in the home team fans section. Your chances of getting tickets are much greater when Manchester United plays at some of the less popular Premier League teams than for games at Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, or for the local derby at Manchester City. You might have the best chance to see Manchester United play an away game during the Group Stage of the Champions League. Ticket sales dates vary from team to team so checking the respective team’s website is essential.

Getting tickets for most of Manchester United games will be difficult as they are one of the most popular teams in the world. Even with very careful planning, there is no guarantee that you will be successful in obtaining tickets. If all other methods are unsuccessful, there are many brokers who sell Manchester United tickets, but usually at prices that are significantly higher than their face value.

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